Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-13

under the track. F. S. Curtiss engineer for the Consolidated road, said that this would lower the grade of the street five feet. Ths street will be lowered at the bridge 8.64 feet from it's present grade, with headroom of 12 feet and 8 roadway of "A feet. The grade runs out east from the bridge to Railroad Hill street. The grade will be feet in 100 feet At the corner of Simons and Burnham streets the building | of bridge would widen the grade four or five feet.
 Attorney Terry appeared for the city and General Kellogg for Holmes, Booth & Hayden. Superintendent Beach said that the Naugatuck road had deed through the property of the Holmes, Booth & Hay den company The middle of the street is 40 feet, and Engineer Curtiss said the in creased cost of the bridge to the full road way would be $1, ,400 The original esti- mated cost is almost 12,OOO. Michael Lawlor objected to the crossing.
 Judge Harrison said in answer to City Attorney Terry that the road had no ob- | lection to making the road even 4O feet under the Burnham street bridge. He also said that Burnham street had been laid out after the road was built. He said that the Naugatuck road had expressed willing ness, when the road was laid out, to cross the street above grade, and advised Road Commissioner Smith not to run the street across the track. Old citizens said that the street had been laid out nearly 40 years ago. City Attorney Terry was of the opinion, too.
 The West Main street crossing of the Naugatuck division was the next case. Attorney Harrison stated the objections that had been made to the plan of bridg ing the crossing.
 9tYou can go under there 20 or 40 feet" said City Attorney Terry.
 Superintendent Shepard said it could not be done.
 MT Terry said that the city had surveyed and were notified that the highway could be carried over the road.
 eff the city can do that we are satisfied" ]" said Attorney Harrison.
 MT Terry said that the city was opposed to the whole business.
 MT Harrison said the company were not welded to the plan of crossing over the street. If he only had a better plan the company would like to see it.
 Attorney Terry-We are rather in favor of gates than this plan. We shall prepare and submit such plans as we see fit during the hearing.
 Attorney Harrison requested that a time be fixed for the hearing, and Friday, Jan uary 6, was named as agreeable to all par ties.
 The commissioners then adjourned until 1 :45. when the condemnation of land be- longing to the estate of Wm Brown above the City Lumber and Coal company's yard on a line with the railroad will be taken up.
 The commissioners resumed the session at 2:1O D. m., and heard parties concerning the condemnation of land on the Brown estate on the east end of the track near Lilley, Swift & Co.'S. The New England road want this property to increase the fa- cilities of their freight yard. Robert K. Brown objected to the railroad confscating the property which he said the company did not need.
 | F. G. Platt, treasurer of the City Lum- Der and Coal company, testified that before an exchange of land was made with the Railroad company the Lumber company had intended to locate the building nearer the track One of the conditions of the exchange was that the company should put a track in along. the building line: This broke the bargain for 8 time, but subse- ouently there was an amicable arrange ment made for the exchange.
 The next question taken up was the New England crossing at Burnham street. Engineer Weld said the most feasible plan to cross the track was under the track. Going over is almost impossible. General Kellogg said that if the street was going under the track at the Naugatuck road it would have to go under at the New England road. 7 There ought, he said, to be delay, and the order for Burnham street ought to be { made separate so as to accommodate the residents on Fifth street, who at present have no outlet in that section. Attorney Robbins, for the railroad company, said that the matter of grade crossings was one ? question, and read from the statutes in sup
 port of his argument. The company were E ready to bridge Burnham street, and he f wanted Bank and Riverside streets to pass ) under the track at the same point Engineer Pendergrass said that the track , on Bank street would have to be raised 4.44 feet. Outside of land damages the estimated cost of bridging would be $2O,- E 900. He had made no estimate in regard to land damages. It would, in his opin- ion, cost over $1O,OO0 to put Riverside street under the railroad. He could not estimate the land damages. MT Terry said that disinterested parties were of the opinion that it would be about $1OO,OO0.
 : General Kellogg argued for Holmes, ; Booth & Haydens that the Bank street and l Riverside street crossings should have but one bridge, and that under the tracks, and the discussion on the point narrowed itself } down to the angle at which the bridge should cross the streets. , At 3:3O p. m. the hearing had not been concluded.
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